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A Tale of Two City – Charles Dickens (see description for provenance)

R250.00

– Ex Libirs plate of Baron H.M. Rapacki-Warnia on the inside cover. Also includes, date of purchase and seller, purchase price and 4 bullet points on conditions should you want to borrow the book.

“A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met; Lucie’s marriage and the collision between her beloved husband and the people who caused her father’s imprisonment; and Monsieur and Madame Defarge, sellers of wine in a poor suburb of Paris. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror”

Price: R250.00

Edition: Reprint

Published: Pre-1917

Publishers: Ward. Lock & Company

Condition:  Hardcover in fair condition, Faded, with scuff marks on the cover and shelf wear to the edges and corners, and top and bottom of the spine. Previous owner’s details on the half-title page (also a small piece of the page missing). Foxing on the end-papers, and browning of pages due to age. Otherwise internally in good condition –  clean and tightly bound.

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Description

– Ex Libirs plate of Baron H.M. Rapacki-Warnia on the inside cover. Also includes, date of purchase and seller, purchase price and 4 bullet points on conditions should you want to borrow the book.

“A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met; Lucie’s marriage and the collision between her beloved husband and the people who caused her father’s imprisonment; and Monsieur and Madame Defarge, sellers of wine in a poor suburb of Paris. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror”

Price: R250.00

Edition: Reprint

Published: Pre-1917

Publishers: Ward. Lock & Company

Condition:  Hardcover in fair condition, Faded, with scuff marks on the cover and shelf wear to the edges and corners, and top and bottom of the spine. Previous owner’s details on the half-title page (also a small piece of the page missing). Foxing on the end-papers, and browning of pages due to age. Otherwise internally in good condition –  clean and tightly bound.

Additional information

Weight 479 g